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U.S. Banker - Bank Rankings

May 01, 2001, 2:00 a.m. EDT 7 Min Read

 
 U.S. BANKER RANKINGS       

 One-Year Ranking of the 100 Largest US Banking Companies 
 Based on Return on Equity and Growth in Per-Share Earnings - 2000
 Earnings based on EPS after extraordinary items
1-Year   Asset   Industry   Total Assets   Total Equity   Equity/Assets   ROAE 1-Yr ROAE   1-Yr EPS   1-Yr EPS   Total
Rank   Company Rank Type Ticker   ($Bil.) ($Mil.) (%) 2000 (%)   Rank Growth (%)   Gr Rank Score 
1 Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York 11 Broker/Dealer   LEH 224.7 7,781 3.46 25.24 8 56.37% 4 12
2 FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston 13 Bank FBF 179.5 16,172 9.01 22.49 14 75.24% 2 16
3 Capital One Fin. Corp., Falls Church, VA 52 Specialty Lender  COF 18.9 1,963 10.39 27.01 4 30.23% 13 17
4 Merrill Lynch & Co., New York 7 Broker/Dealer MER 407.2 18,304 4.50 24.33 9 33.01% 12 21
5 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, DE 35 Specialty Lender KRB 38.7 6,627 17.13 25.79 6 26.45% 16 22
6 Providian Financial Corp., San Francisco 56 Specialty Lender PVN 18.1 2,032 11.26 39.22 2 17.99% 24 26
7 Raymond James Fin., St. Petersburg, FL 100 Broker/Dealer RJF 6.3 651 10.31 20.71 21 51.70% 7 28
8 Morgan Stanley, New York. 6 Broker/Dealer MWD 426.8 19,271 4.52 30.07 3 15.37% 29 32
9 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis 18 Bank USB 77.6 6,528 8.41 20.19 27 51.72% 6 33
10 Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, OH 86 Bank SKYF 8.4 610 7.27 19.78 30 64.63% 3 33
11 Citigroup, New York 1 Bank C 902.2 66,206 7.34 21.97 15 20.74% 20 35
12 TCF Financial Corp., Minneapolis 73 Bank TCB 11.2 910 8.13 22.64 13 17.50% 25 38
13 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 37 Bank NTRS 36.0 2,463 6.84 21.19 17 19.54% 21 38
14 Household International, Prospect Heights, IL 20 Specialty Lender HI 76.7 8,116 10.58 23.09 11 15.64% 28 39
15 Fannie Mae, Washington 3 Specialty Lender FNM 675.1 20,838 3.09 23.58 10 15.32% 30 40
16 Wilmington Trust Corp., Wilmington, DE 93 Bank WL 7.3 592 8.08 22.76 12 15.26% 31 43
17 FirstMerit Corp., Akron, OH 77 Bank FMER 10.2 915 8.96 18.53 35 37.40% 9 44
18 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 30 Bank FITB 45.9 4,891 10.67 19.45 32 27.97% 14 46
19 Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh 27 Bank MEL 50.4 4,152 8.24 25.79 7 9.73% 42 49
20 Downey Financial Corp., Newport Beach, CA 75 Thrift DSL 10.9 625 5.73 17.17 44 55.31% 5 49
21 Charter One Financial, Cleveland 41 Thrift CF 33.0 2,456 7.45 18.00 41 36.99% 10 51
22 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, CA 80 Bank CYN 9.1 744 8.17 19.72 31 18.26% 23 54
23 Washington Mutual, Seattle 12 Thrift WM 194.7 10,166 5.22 21.15 18 12.03% 37 55
24 Cullen/Frost Bankers, San Antonio, TX 91 Bank CFR 7.7 575 7.50 20.41 22 14.04% 35 57
25 Westcorp, Irvine, CA 88 Thrift WES 7.9 487 6.19 17.80 42 27.14% 15 57
26 Roslyn Bancorp, Jericho, NY 90 Thrift RSLN 7.7 581 7.58 15.78 56 425.93% 1 57
27 Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA 63 Bank SNV 14.9 1,417 9.51 20.14 28 15.00% 32 60
28 Student Loan Corp., Stamford, CT 60 Specialty Lender STU 16.2 572 3.52 19.29 34 17.23% 26 60
29 Commerce Bancorp, Cherry Hill, NJ 87 Bank CBH 8.3 492 5.93 19.81 29 14.75% 34 63
30 Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, CT 72 Thrift WBST 11.2 890 7.91 16.72 45 21.43% 18 63
31 Comerica Inc., Detroit 33 Bank CMA 42.0 4,007 9.54 20.20 26 11.84% 38 64
32 Freddie Mac, McLean, VA 5 Specialty Lender FRE 459.3 14,837 3.23 19.32 33 14.86% 33 66
33 Golden State Bancorp, San Francisco 24 Thrift GSB 60.5 2,151 3.55 20.25 25 6.49% 47 72
34 Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, NJ 99 Bank VLY 6.4 545 8.48 20.28 24 6.06% 49 73
35 Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco 36 Broker/Dealer SCH 38.2 4,230 11.07 21.00 19 4.08% 56 75
36 Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, CA 26 Thrift GDW 55.7 3,687 6.62 15.86 55 18.82% 22 77
37 PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh 22 Bank PNC 69.8 6,656 9.53 20.84 20 3.86% 58 78
38 USA Education, Reston, VA 28 Specialty Lender SLM 48.8 1,415 2.90 41.22 1 -9.80% 81 82
39 Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, MI 85 Bank CBCF 8.4 680 8.09 13.94 74 49.22% 8 82
40 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, OK 78 Bank BOKF 9.7 704 7.22 16.46 49 12.50% 36 85
41 Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL 51 Bank CBSS 20.0 1,480 7.41 18.19 38 6.38% 48 86
42 Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI 68 Bank ASBC 13.1 969 7.38 18.26 36 5.13% 51 87
43 Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 82 Bank MRBK 8.9 1,173 13.13 16.62 48 11.56% 40 88
44 Bank of New York Co., New York 19 Bank BK 77.1 6,153 7.98 26.08 5 -15.42% 84 89
45 National City Corp., Cleveland 16 Bank NCC 88.5 6,770 7.65 21.21 16 -4.05% 74 90
46 Fulton Financial Corp., Lancaster, PA 98 Bank FULT 6.6 679 10.34 16.64 47 9.02% 43 90
47 Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO 74 Bank CBSH 11.1 1,144 10.29 16.22 51 11.74% 39 90
48 State Street Corp., Boston 23 Bank STT 69.3 3,262 4.71 20.31 23 -3.97% 73 96
49 First Citizens BancShares, Raleigh, NC 76 Bank FCNCA 10.7 811 7.58 12.88 77 21.04% 19 96
50 SunTrust Banks, Atlanta 15 Bank STI 103.5 8,239 7.96 17.25 43 4.12% 55 98
51 BancWest Corp., Honolulu 54 Bank BWE 18.5 1,989 10.78 11.37 81 25.36% 17 98
52 Trustmark Corp., Jackson, MS 94 Bank TRMK 6.9 630 9.14 15.68 59 10.29% 41 100
53 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI 47 Bank OK 23.8 1,771 7.43 18.01 39 1.01% 62 101
54 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, AL 31 Bank SOTR 45.1 3,352 7.43 15.72 57 8.75% 44 101
55 Independence Community Bk Corp., New York 97 Thrift ICBC 6.6 834 12.64 6.51 95 36.36% 11 106
56 Countrywide Credit Industries, Calabasas, CA   61 Specialty Lender CCR 15.8 2,888 18.25 15.18 61 6.99% 46 107
57 Popular Inc., San Juan, PR 44 Bank BPOP 28.1 1,994 7.10 14.65 64 7.07% 45 109
58 Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha 67 Thrift CFB 13.8 988 7.16 10.85 83 16.23% 27 110
59 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL 32 Bank RGBK 43.7 3,458 7.92 16.31 50 1.28% 61 111
60 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis 53 Bank FTN 18.6 1,384 7.46 18.22 37 -4.32% 75 112
61 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 8 Bank WFC 272.4 26,488 9.72 16.20 52 1.75% 60 112
62 Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, NY 48 Thrift ASFC 22.3 1,513 6.77 16.70 46 -1.14% 67 113
63 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC 4 Bank BAC 642.2 47,628 7.42 15.95 53 0.89% 63 116
64 Union Planters Corp., Memphis 39 Bank UPC 34.7 2,920 8.41 14.58 66 5.26% 50 116
65 North Fork Bancorp., New York 64 Bank NFB 14.8 1,214 8.18 18.01 40 -8.55% 80 120
66 Banknorth Group, Portland, ME 55 Bank BKNG 18.2 1,331 7.30 15.69 58 -1.49% 68 126
67 M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY 42 Bank MTB 28.9 2,700 9.33 14.07 72 4.88% 54 126
68 Bear Stearns Companies, New York 14 Broker/Dealer BSC 171.2 5,654 3.30 14.59 65 0.38% 64 129
69 Colonial BancGroup, Montgomery, AL 69 Bank CNB 11.7 757 6.45 15.87 54 -4.72% 77 131
70 UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco 38 Bank UB 35.2 3,212 9.13 14.01 73 3.03% 59 132
71 First Virginia Banks, Falls Church 79 Bank FVB 9.5 993 10.43 14.36 69 0.33% 65 134
72 CIT Group, New York 29 Specialty Lender CIT 48.7 6,007 12.34 10.66 85 4.95% 52 137
73 KeyCorp, Cleveland 17 Bank KEY 87.3 6,623 7.59 15.39 60 -6.12% 78 138
74 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York 62 Thrift GPT 15.8 2,050 13.00 10.53 87 4.93% 53 140
75 Washington Federal, Seattle 96 Thrift WFSL 6.7 759 11.30 14.36 70 -2.15% 71 141
76 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 45 Bank MI 26.1 2,242 8.60 14.67 63 -7.96% 79 142
77 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL 34 Bank ASO 38.9 2,813 7.23 11.57 80 0.00% 66 146
78 People's Bank, Bridgeport, CT 70 Thrift PBCT 11.6 882 7.62 13.47 75 -2.21% 72 147
79 UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, MO 89 Bank UMBF 7.9 703 8.94 9.63 90 4.08% 57 147
80 Hibernia Corp., New Orleans 58 Bank HIB 16.7 1,480 8.86 11.95 78 -1.89% 70 148
81 Heller Financial, Chicago 50 Specialty Lender HF 20.1 2,575 12.84 11.80 79 -1.82% 69 148
82 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 25 Bank BBT 59.3 4,786 8.07 14.55 67 -11.43% 82 149
83 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York 2 Bank JPM 715.3 42,338 5.92 15.17 62 -22.49% 89 151
84 Santander BanCorp, Hato Rey, PR 92 Bank SBP 7.6 596 7.80 13.40 76 -4.47% 76 152
85 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, OH 43 Bank HBAN 28.6 2,366 8.27 14.41 68 -20.00% 87 155
86 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 21 Bank WB 74.0 6,285 8.49 14.14 71 -16.94% 85 156
87 Centura Banks, Rocky Mount, NC 71 Bank CBC 11.5 956 8.33 11.10 82 -23.53% 90 172
88 Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, NJ 95 Bank HU 6.8 368 5.41 10.72 84 -22.03% 88 172
89 Zions Bancorp., Salt Lake City 49 Bank ZION 21.9 1,779 8.11 9.65 89 -17.70% 86 175
90 Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu 65 Bank BOH 14.0 1,301 9.29 9.21 92 -13.41% 83 175
91 Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN 83 Bank OLDB 8.8 626 7.14 10.55 86 -34.81% 92 178
92 BancorpSouth, Tupelo, MS 81 Bank BXS 9.0 790 8.74 9.76 88 -26.05% 91 179
93 Dime Bancorp, New York 46 Thrift DME 25.7 1,725 6.71 9.39 91 -36.62% 93 184
94 National Commerce Bancorp., Memphis 59 Bank NCBC 16.6 1,279 7.72 9.02 93 -53.66% 95 188
95 Provident Financial Group, Cincinnati 66 Bank PFGI 13.9 991 7.15 7.75 94 -52.60% 94 188
96 First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC 10 Bank FTU 254.2 15,347 6.04 0.59 97 -97.90% 96 193
97 E*TRADE Group, Menlo Park, CA 57 Broker/Dealer ET 17.3 1,857 10.72 1.16 96 -128.57% 99 195
98 Sovereign Bancorp, Philadelphia 40 Thrift SVRN 33.5 1,949 5.82 -1.62 98 -112.87% 97 195
99 Bank One Corp., Chicago 9 Bank ONE 269.3 18,635 6.92 -2.61 99 -115.25% 98 197
100 Comdisco Inc., Rosemont, IL 84 Specialty Lender CDO 8.8 1,214 13.87 -5.89 100 -236.67% 100 200

Note:  Excludes companies for which ROE or EPS data was not available for years 1999 or 2000Source:  Raw data from SNL Securities  
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